The Daily Brief 2019-03-10
This is a summary of 14 AMN articles on the following subjects: Manbij, Syria, US, Houthi, Yemen, Daesh, Euphrates, ISIS, SDF, Golan, Israel, Hama, Daraa, Maduro, Venezuela, Israeli Checkpoint, Palestinian Killed, West Bank, Netanyahu, Bosnia, India, Pakistan.
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Categories in this brief: Syria, Yemen, Middleeast, World-News, Palestine
Table of Contents
- US forces patrol northern Manbij as Turkish and Russian forces watch from afar (PHOTOS)
- Breaking: Houthi forces storm last area under tribal control in key border district
- Daesh's deadline to surrender is up, SDF and US Coalition begin massive assault
- Syria is ready for war with Israel over Golan Heights region: Mikdad
- Turkish-backed rebels attack strategic city in western Syria for first time this year
- Syrian military uncovers large weapons storage in rural Daraa (video)
- Thousands show support for Maduro at 'anti-imperialist' march (video)
- Palestinian Man Killed At West Bank Checkpoint
- US withdraws F-22 stealth fighter jets from Middle East
- Foreign ISIS brides isolated after attacking 'infidel' refugees at Syrian camp
- Israel to go to war in Syria if Netanyahu's leadership is in jeopardy: report
- Bosnia to bring back captured ISIS fighters from Syria
- Why did India use old MiG-21 jets in dogfight against Pakistan?
- Turkish-backed rebel group's attack ends in disaster as commander is killed by Syrian Army
US forces patrol northern Manbij as Turkish and Russian forces watch from afar (PHOTOS)
Published 2019-03-10 23:05:49 by News Desk in SyriaBEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 P.M.) - The U.S. Coalition began a new series of patrols in the northern countryside of Manbij this past weekend, a new report from eastern Aleppo said on Sunday. According to reports, the U.S. Coalition conducted the patrols in the Toukhar area, which is located just north of Manbij city. Russian and Turkish troops are currently in this area; however, they did not participate in the patrols with the U.S. Coalition. name="US... Read on ->
Tags: Manbij, Syria, US
Breaking: Houthi forces storm last area under tribal control in key border district
Published 2019-03-10 22:48:42 by News Desk in YemenBEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 P.M.) - The Houthi forces have launched a big attack this evening on the last area under tribal control in the Kusher District of the Hajjah Governorate. Backed by heavy artillery, the Houthi forces stormed the Kusher District inside the town of Bani Saii this evening in a bid to expel the remaining Hajour tribesmen from the area. Thus far, no significant advances have been reported by the Houthi forces. The Saudi Coalition is expected to begin airstrikes over the Yemeni border region in the coming hours as they attempt to help the Hajour tribesmen repel the... Read on ->
Tags: Houthi, Yemen
Daesh's deadline to surrender is up, SDF and US Coalition begin massive assault
Published 2019-03-10 22:13:54 by News Desk in SyriaBEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 P.M.) - The Islamic State's (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) deadline to surrender their last positions in the eastern region of the Euphrates River Valley has come and gone. Daesh was given until noon on Saturday to surrender their last positions, but the terrorist group refused to give up their small enclave in the Baghouz area of Deir Ezzor. In response to the Islamic State's obstinacy in surrendering their last positions, the U.S. Coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have resumed their assault against the terrorist group. According to reports from the Deir Ezzor front, the U.S. Coalition has already conducted... Read on ->
Tags: Daesh, Euphrates, ISIS, SDF, Syria
Syria is ready for war with Israel over Golan Heights region: Mikdad
Published 2019-03-10 21:56:16 by News Desk in Middleeast, SyriaBEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 P.M.) - Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad told the head of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), Christine Lund, this past week that Syria is prepared for a showdown with Israel over the Golan Heights region. Mikdad warned Lund that Syria will respond with force if Israel continues to attack the country, as well as if the U.S. recognizes Israel's sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights. “Syria will attack Israel if it does not leave the Golan Heights," Mikdad told Lund, as quoted by World Israel News. “We will not hesitate to confront Israel,” Mekdad... Read on ->
Tags: Golan, Israel, Syria
Turkish-backed rebels attack strategic city in western Syria for first time this year
Published 2019-03-10 21:37:31 by News Desk in SyriaBEIRUT, LEBANON (9:10 P.M.) - The Turkish-backed rebels launched their first attack of the year on the key city of Masyaf in western Hama, a military source in nearby Al-Suqaylabiyeh told Al-Masdar on Sunday. According to the military source, the Turkish-backed rebels fired Grad missiles and artillery shells towards Masyaf on Sunday afternoon, resulting in a number of explosions that could be heard throughout the city. In response to this attack on Masyaf by the Turkish-backed rebel forces, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) unleashed a heavy assault on the northern countryside of Hama. The Syrian Arab Army reportedly launched a... Read on ->
Tags: Hama, Syria
Syrian military uncovers large weapons storage in rural Daraa (video)
Published 2019-03-10 21:08:42 by News Desk in SyriaBEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 P.M.) - The Syrian military uncovered a large amount of weapons that were hidden in a basement inside a rural Daraa town. According to the Syrian internal police, their forces uncovered the weapons storage while combing through the town of Inkhil in rural Daraa this past weekend. The Syrian internal police said the weapons storage contained a large number of assault rifles, RPGs, night vision goggles, and ammunition boxes. This weapons storage was believed to be used by Free Syrian Army (FSA) sleeper cells inside Inkhil. https://www.facebook.com/police.of.syria/videos/402243737218306/
Tags: Daraa, Syria
Thousands show support for Maduro at 'anti-imperialist' march (video)
Published 2019-03-10 20:48:12 by News Desk in World-NewsThousands of supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro took to the streets of Caracas on Saturday, to show support for the Venezuelan leader during an 'anti-imperialist' march. While speaking at the rally, Maduro said "we're dealing with an electricity war, it's a war imposed by the imperialist government of the United States of America as a war of legacy, they attack the economy and the daily life of the population." The rally took place on the same day when the country's opposition leader and self-proclaimed "Interim President" Juan Guaido gathered with thousands of his supporters in... Read on ->
Tags: Maduro, Venezuela
Palestinian Man Killed At West Bank Checkpoint
Published 2019-03-10 16:31:02 by Robert Inlakesh in PalestineDAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:28 P.M)- A Palestinian man has been shot dead at a Jordan Valley checkpoint, after not stopping his car upon Israeli orders. The Palestinian Health Ministry have confirmed the death of 22 year old, Salama Ka'abna, after he was fatally shot by Israeli occupation forces near the Wesr Bank city of Jericho. Israeli forces reportedly indicated for the 22 year old to stop his car, when he refused he was shot dead. The incident happened at a checkpoint set up along Route 90, in the Jordan Valley area. The incident took place late last night.
Tags: Israeli Checkpoint, Palestinian Killed, West Bank
US withdraws F-22 stealth fighter jets from Middle East
Published 2019-03-10 11:42:33 by News Desk in Middleeast, SyriaBEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 A.M.) - The U.S. is withdrawing their F-22 Raptors from the Middle East region after deploying them five years ago, the National Interest reported this past week. According to the National Interest report, the U.S. Air Force will be replacing their F-22 Raptors with their older generation F-15 fighter jets. "The Air Force had little choice but to withdraw the radar-evading Raptors. The flying branch is struggling to rebuild the tiny and stressed F-22 force following the destruction of Tyndall Air Force Base, once the home of scores of Raptors, in Hurricane Michael in October 2018," the... Read on ->
Tags: Syria, US
Foreign ISIS brides isolated after attacking 'infidel' refugees at Syrian camp
Published 2019-03-10 11:06:42 by News Desk in SyriaGuards at the al-Hol refugee camp in northern Syria were left with no other choice but to resort to gunfire in order to pacify Daesh brides, who attempted to attack other women. Foreign Daesh* women have tried to assault other female refugees, calling them “infidels” for not complying with the laws of the self-proclaimed caliphate at the displacement camp in northeast Syria. “They yell at us that we are infidels for showing our faces. They tried to hit us. The foreigners throw stones”, a Syria woman at the al-Hol camp told the Daily Mail. A security official said that women... Read on ->
Tags: ISIS, Syria
Israel to go to war in Syria if Netanyahu's leadership is in jeopardy: report
Published 2019-03-10 10:48:46 by News Desk in Middleeast, SyriaBEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) - Israel will go to war in Syria if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's future leadership is in jeopardy, journalist Elijah Magnier recently said in a news article. According to Magnier, Netanyahu and his allies are preparing their missiles for an attack against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). "It all depends on the direction the Israeli elections will take. If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu estimates his chances are high enough to win a second term, then he will not venture any time soon into a new confrontation with Syria and its allies. The date of the next... Read on ->
Tags: Netanyahu, Syria
Bosnia to bring back captured ISIS fighters from Syria
Published 2019-03-10 10:07:15 by News Desk in SyriaBEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) - Bosnia-Herzegovina is the latest country to agree to take back their nationals that have been captured inside Syria. According to Bosnia's Security Minister Dragan Mektic, two ISIS fighters from Bosnia-Herzegovina will be brought back from Syria. While the names of the Islamic State fighters were not released, Mektic said in a statement on March 9th that the Bosnian nations had been fighting inside Syria for several years prior to their capture by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Officials said the two are expected to be transferred to Bosnia by the end of March. They said... Read on ->
Tags: Bosnia, ISIS, Syria
Why did India use old MiG-21 jets in dogfight against Pakistan?
Published 2019-03-10 01:09:17 by News Desk in World-NewsBEIRUT, LEBANON (12:40 A.M.) - On February 27th, the Indian and Pakistani air forces engaged in a fierce dogfight above the Kashmir region, resulting in the downing of two IAF MiG-21 Bison fighter jets. The Indian Ministry of Defense would later claim that their MiG-21 shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet during the intense confrontation; Islamabad later denied this. However, when asked why they used their old MiG-21 fighter jets against the new Pakistani F-16s, the Indian Air Chief BS Dhanoa responded, "the MiG-21 is in our inventory, why will we not use it?" According to Dhanoa, the MiG-21... Read on ->
Tags: India, Pakistan
Turkish-backed rebel group's attack ends in disaster as commander is killed by Syrian Army
Published 2019-03-10 00:10:12 by News Desk in SyriaBEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 P.M.) - The Turkish-backed Jaysh Al-Ahrar faction of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) stormed the Syrian Arab Army's (SAA) positions in northwestern Hama on Saturday morning. According to a military communique from the town of Al-Suqaylabiyeh, Jaysh Al-Ahrar stormed the Syrian Arab Army's 7th Checkpoint (Hajez Al-Sabaa) on Saturday morning in order to inflict heavy casualties within the ranks of the government forces. However, the Jaysh Al-Ahrar attack would take a disastrous turn once they reached the checkpoint and found the Syrian Army positioned to defend the militant assault. A fierce battle would ensue between the two... Read on ->
Tags: Hama, Syria
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